Alongside the XQ Dual, Mobiistar has also launched an entry level smartphone, Mobiistar CQ, on May 23rd, in New Delhi. The selfie-centric smartphone from the Vietnamese brand is said to offer great selfies without compromising on performance.
The CQ sports a 5.0 inch HD display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. The screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio and is covered under a 2.75D curved glass. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 425 chipset with Adreno 308 GPU. It has 2 GB RAM and 16 GB of expandable storage up to 128 GB via the dedicated microSD card slot. The phone runs on Android 7.1.2 Nougat with Mobiistar’s Star Launcher on top.
Talking about the launch, Mr. Carl Ngo Co-founder and CEO of Mobiistar said,
“Mobiistar has received tremendous love and popularity in Vietnam and knowing that it is an opportune time to enter India, we are very excited for the same. We studied the Indian market where the consumer, while choosing a smartphone, is often faced with the dilemma of features and quality vs price. With our aim to make the selfie experience and technology more accessible to users without having to compromise, we focused on developing products with salient features and a selfie camera that will ensure fine picture quality- all available at a compelling value.” He further added, “With our brand promise of ‘Enjoy more’, through our Star Selfie series smartphones, we are confident of bridging the gap that currently exists between affordability and a meaningful user experience.”
The rear camera is an 8 MP shooter with an F/2.0 lens on the the front. There’s also an LED flash to brighten up your photos in low-lighting conditions. To the front, we get a 13 MP camera with F/2.0 aperture. Both cameras feature their 7 level Beauty mode for better portrait shots.
Ayyappan Rajagopal, Senior Director, Mobiles, further added
“Mobiistar’s Selfie Star series has truly democratized selfies. Along with great performance, this unique offering from Mobiistar has taken the entire budget segment to the next level. This is in line with our overall Flipkart objective of ensuring great smartphones for every Indian.”
The CQ has a 3000 mAh battery underneath. It has 4G VoLTE as well as the latest ViLTE support, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi- 802.11 b/g/n, GPS support.
Pricing and Availability of Mobiistar CQ
The Mobiistar CQ comes in 2 colors – Gold and Black. The phone is priced at 4,999 and will be sold exclusively on Flipkart starting 12 noon, May 30, 2018.
Consumer Offers
Additionally, there is a special guaranteed Rs. 1,000 product exchange offer on Flipkart on any smartphone, for this series. This ensures that your get an assured Rs. 1,000 off by exchanging any old mobile handset for the new CQ or XQ. Additionally, The Mobiistar series comes with a Complete Mobile Protection. Under the same warranty the device will be covered in cases of hardware or software issues, broken screen, liquid damage, repair & replacement and even doorstep pickup and drop. This will all come at a very special price of INR 99.
Mobiistar has also partnered with Reliance Jio, to bring offers like the ‘Jio Football Offer’ that entitles a cashback of Rs.2200 to all Jio customers (existing and new) by performing a recharge of Rs.198/Rs.299 Jio prepaid plan on or before 30th June, 2018. After 1st successful recharge of Rs.198/299 on an eligible device, 44 vouchers of Rs.50 each will be credited in MyJio app which can be redeemed, one at a time per recharge, against subsequent recharges of Rs.198/299, via MyJio App only.
Service Centers
Mobiistar says, the company is committed to the Indian market and understands that after sales service is one of the foremost concerns for consumers in India. Keeping this in mind, Mobiistar is entering in India with 1000 service outlets already in place so as to ensure that the consumers have a seamless experience with the brand right from the start.
Looks good as a budget phone, thanks
P.S. Spelling of volte is written as vilte just bfore pricing heading, please correct it , thanks